Price Increase
Under Fine Sounds there was a move to consolidate electrical and mechanical component purchases with McIntosh to gain economies of scale. The idea was to save money on component buys and keep prices stable. It never really took off for a lot of reasons.
Audio Research has always been and remains a very small boutique company with limited resources. For example they outsourced their digital designs to a friend and co-worker of mine. He is a great engineer who really knows his stuff. But they couldn’t afford to (or chose not to) hire him full time.
I don’t know what they are doing today as I moved from Minneapolis 5 years ago.
I wish them nothing but the best!
Tom
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Main System:
Amati Futura Mains
Amati Homage VOX Center,
Proac Response 1sc Rears,
Three MC2301's for L,C,R
MC 602 for the rears
C 1100, MX 151, MCD 1100, MR 80
Nottingham Dais with Wave Mechanic
Sumiko Palo Santos Presentation
SurfacePro 3, RPi 4, ROON, WW Starlight Platinum USB, Schiit Yggdrasil, Benchmark DAC3 HGC
MX 151, OppO BDP-95, JVC RS-500 DILA projector, 106" diagonal Stewart Luxus Screenwall Deluxe with Studiotek 130 G3 material.
Lake House:
Ohm F, MC 275V, C2300, MR 77, Rega P3
OnDeck:
McIntosh MAC 4300v
Last edited by W9TR; 02-11-2021 at 10:13 AM.
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